Billets-Doux
by Brittany Hause
with a nod to Tom Brinck
in brittle limestone
alongside Archaeopteryx
your sneaker print
on a cavern wall
in red and yellow ocher
your waving hands
in crumbling cuneiform
a hasty message
about your day
on rolled papyrus
wish you were here
in careful hieroglyphs
in colored strands
of knotted llama wool
your ETA
the kettle cooling
as I wait to hear you knock
any minute now
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